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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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DISENCHANTER n.
One who, or that which, disenchants.
DURANTE prep.
During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.
ENCHANTED a.
Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.
ENCHANTER n.
orcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley. Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.
FIGURANTE n.
A female figurant; esp., a ballet girl.
FRESNEL LAMP; FRESNEL LANTERN n.
A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindrical Fresnel lens.
GIANTESS n.
A woman of extraordinary size.
GIGANTEAN a.
Like a giant; mighty; gigantic. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
GIGANTESQUE a.
Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent. The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque With which we bantered little Lilia first. Tennyson.
GOVERNANTE n.
A governess. Sir W. Scott.
GRANTEE n.
The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made. His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises. Burke.
GRANTER n.
One who grants.
GUARANTEE n. 4 definitions
a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty. His interest seemed to be a guarantee for his zeal. Macaulay.
INFANTE n.
A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.
INSTANTER adv.
Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter.
INTERTROCHANTERIC a.
Between the trochanters of the femur.
INTRIGANTE n.
A female intriguer.
JACK-'-LANTERN n.
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
JACK-O'-LANTERN n. 3 definitions
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack. JACKPOT Jackpot
LANTERLOO n.
An old name of loo (a).
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